Linton Heathcliff - The son of Heathcliff and Isabella is a weak child. His character resembles Heathcliff's, but without its only redeeming feature; the capacity to love. He marries Cathy Linton because his father directs him to do so. His early years are spent with his mother in the south of England. He learns of his father's identity and existence only after his mother dies, as he enters his teens.